Maternal exposure to metals and persistent pollutants and cord blood immune system biomarkers

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ashley Martin, Jillian ^a   Levy, Adrian R ^b   Arbuckle, Tye E ^c   Platt, Robert W ^d   Marshall, Jean S ^b   Dodds, Linda ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort; Immunoglobulin E; Interleukin 33; Metals; Persistent organic pollutants; Pesticides; Pregnancy; Thymic stromal lymphopoietin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIETHYLDITHIOPHOSPHATE; DIETHYLPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYLDITHIOPHOSPHATE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 33; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PCB 118; PCB 138; PCB 180; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DANGEROUS GOODS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; POLLUTANT;

ALLERGY; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELATIVE DENSITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETUS BLOOD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935864594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0046-3     Document Type: Article

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